Three more Avalanche players will represent their countries at the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month.

Forwards Matt Duchene and Gabriel Landeskog were named to the Canadian and Swedish national teams, respectively, Tuesday morning, and Semyon Varlamov was named to the Russian team. They join center Paul Stastny, who will play for Team USA.

“It’s ridiculous. It’s every Canadian kid’s dream,” Duchene said following Avs practice Wednesday, a couple hours after he was officially named to the team that will play next month in Sochi. “I remember as a 7-year-old kid, waking up and at 4 a.m., 5 a.m., to watch the games in Nagano. I remember in 2002, I got a (Joe) Sakic Team Canada jersey for Christmas and I think I wore it once a week to school. Obviously, so many great memories from 2010 and now hopefully I’ll get to be part of something special.”

Landeskog, the Avs captain, helped Sweden win the gold medal at the 2013 IIHF World Championships, racking up three goals and an assist with a plus-4 rating. He served as an alternate captain for Sweden in both the 2012 IIHF World Championships and the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Landeskog will make his first Olympic appearance for Sweden. Wednesday contained no anxiety for him, because he actually found out he would be on the team about 10 days ago.

“I’ve been trying my best to keep it a secret since then,” Landeskog said. “I’m honored, obviously. It’s going to be a whole new experience for me, so it’s exciting.”

This will be the first Olympics appearance for Duchene and Landeskog, and the second for Stastny and Varlamov.

Varlamov has a good chance at being the starting goalie for Russia, though he figures to get competition from the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Sergei Bobrovsky, who returned from injury this week.

“There’s always pressure here, but yeah there’s maybe going to be more pressure in Russia to play in front of your fans, in front of your Russian president. But it’s going to be so much fun to play at home,” Varlamov said. “I have to stay focused with what I’m doing here, play well and be healthy.”

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